“The Kiss,” a silent film, is shown for the first time with May Irwin and John Rice locking lips.
Pope Clement V forbids the “holy kiss” in fear that it would lead to other “unholy” acts.
After the demise of Alexander the Great’s army, they take their kissing knowledge from India and begin locking lips all over the world.
Four major texts in Vedic Sanskrit suggest kissing as the custom of rubbing noses.